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Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Triple-Veined Pearly Everlasting (Anaphalis triplinervis)

Karen April 20, 2026 0 Comments

Native to the Himalayas of Tibet, Afghanistan, northern India, Nepal, and Bhutan, triple-veined pearly everlasting is a clump-forming herbaceous perennial belonging to the aster family, Asteraceae, that also includes daisy,…

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Plant Profile: Marsh Elder (Iva frutescens)

Karen April 15, 2026 0 Comments

Also known as Jesuit’s bark and high-tide bush, this deciduous shrub is native to coastal areas of North America from Nova Scotia to Florida and along the Gulf Coast to…

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Plant Profile: Bicolor Everlasting (Gnaphalium bicolor aka Pseudognaphalium biolettii )

Karen April 13, 2026 0 Comments

Also called two-color rabbit tobacco, Bioletti’s rabbit-tobacco, and Bioletti’s cudweed, this herbaceous perennial is native to mostly coastal areas of California where it grows in chaparral, coastal scrubland, and on…

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Plant Profile: Beach Elder (Iva imbricata)

Karen April 8, 2026 0 Comments

Also known as seashore elder, seacoast marshelder, and seacoast sumpweed, this evergreen shrub is native to coastal areas of the US from Virginia to Texas where it grows on sand…

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Plant Profile: Canada Milkvetch (Astragalus canadensis)

Karen April 6, 2026 0 Comments

Also known as rattle weed, this herbaceous perennial is a member of the pea family, Fabaceae, that also includes lupines, mimosa, and black locust. It is native to most of…

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Plant Profile: Pacific Dune Grass (Elymus mollis aka Leymus mollis)

Karen April 1, 2026 0 Comments

Also known as Pacific lyme grass, American dune wild-rye, sea lyme-grass, strand-wheat, and strand grass, this perennial grass is native to coastal beaches of northern Asia, and northern parts of…

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Plant Profile: Tufted Hairgrass (Deschampsia cespitosa)

Karen March 30, 2026 0 Comments

Also known as tussock grass and fairy wand grass, this cool season, semi-evergreen perennial grass is native to eastern and western coasts of North America, parts of South America, Eurasia…

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Plant Profile: Beach Pea (Lathyrus japonicus)

Karen March 25, 2026 0 Comments

Also called sea pea, circumpolar pea or sea vetchling, this herbaceous perennial vine is native to coastal areas of temperate Europe, Asia, North and South America. It is a member…

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Plant Profile: Gopher Apple (Licania michauxii  aka Geobalanus oblongifolius)

Karen March 23, 2026 0 Comments

Native to pinelands and coastal thickets of southeastern US, this wiry evergreen shrub is a member of the cocoplum family, Chrysobalanaceae, that consists of about 700 species of pantropical shrubs…

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Plant Profile: Adagio Miscanthus (Miscanthus sinensis ‘Adagio’)

Karen March 18, 2026 0 Comments

This warm-season perennial grass is a dwarf form of the very popular Chinese/Japanese silver grass. It is bred from a grass native to Japan, Korea and China, and is a…

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